Cigarette package



Sept. 29, 1931. R. c. GLENN ET AL CIGARETIE PACKAGE Filed Jue 10, 192910 the package.

Patented Spt. 29, 1931 ,WILLIAM w. FEBGUSON, 01? mon HILL, MISSOUBI V iOur invention relates to cigarette packages, and more particularly tIncans. for openingf containers such' as cigarette packages, theprincipal objects of the invention 'being to facilitatefthe opening of apackage of cigarettes, to assureoperation of opening means,to seal an:opening member in the package,.and,to efect opening with :1 minimumamouiit of rupture and ,dist0rti0n of In accomplishing these and otherobjects of the invention, we have provided improved details of,structure, the, ,preferred forms of Whih, areillustratcd in theaccompany- 1 in;; dra wings,: whereinz Fig.l is a perspective view of asealed package, as ;of cigarettes, equipped with our improvedppeningmeans,and adapted for .beingopened in accordance with our inven- Fig, 2;is a' similar gVieW illustrating .th e first ,steps in opening.;thepaCkage.

Eig,3is a.perspective .vieWof an opened pack ge., f,;, a

Eig. 4.,s a perspectiveview of an inner container in}processgofjsmanufacture, illustratihg the location of, the Openingmember, partsof container; walls being broken away to show the relationof its members.

"" Fig. 5 is a perspective viewtof the package. illustratingjtheiliercontainer in completed condition, and an outer jacket in process ofinstallation.

' Fig. 6 is a,fragmentary perspective view "(if the package,illustrating a sealing stamp in process of installation to seal theinner container flap and the opening member to the package.

,Referring in detail to the drawings:

designates an inner jacket or container comprising a sheet of foil 2provided with a Iining 3 of relatively light weight paper, and adaptedto be folded to form a wrapper including a back member 4, side walls 5.

Verlapping front flaps or longitudinal coveringedge portions 6 and 7having edges substantially equally spaced from the longitudinal medianline of the package, and end flaps 8 and 9.

The ends of the side walls are folded infoil and paper.

' CIGARETTE PACKAGE Application filed June 10, 1929. Serial No. 369,820.

, wardly over a bundle of cigarettes 10, and the flap 8 comprises acomposite upper or inner end flap formed by the separable overlappingends of the front edge portions of the The flap 9 comprises foldedportion: of

the end of the back, and is theref0re integral,

and is scored as at 11 on the median line oi the back to define asevering line and to pro- ,vide a weakened or perforated connectionwhereby the halves of the flap may be easily separated, as laterdescribed. V The package further comprises an outer jacket or cover 12,inclu ding a portion having overlapping ends 13 and 14 secured togetheras by glue to form a tube for encircling the container and retaining itsseparable. front fiaps in engaged position.- The jacket fur-- ther ispreferably open -at its upper end adjacent the scored flap 9 of thecontainer, and is elonguted to provide end portions such; as 15 adaptedto be folded inwardl and attached to each other to form aclosederid orbottom. The jacket is scored on the median line of its front overlappingattached 7 members to provide a Weakened portion having a separationline in aligriment withthe weakened lineof the-container flap, Mountedin thepackage, With its inner end adjacent the base of the flap 9, is anopen- "80" ing member 16 preferably comprising a thread or cord,extndihgbetween the flaps' 8 and 9 to a position on the-outer face ofthe jacket, in -registrywiththe score lines of the flap 9 and thejacket. The crd isinstalled.f5 in the.pr0cess =of: assmbling and';forming the package, and prefer ably hasit &ngrend attached l5y a tbtl8 to theinnfifa-e 013 9. ;.e,stanPgthhs sals andicloses thescbi ingin the flap 9, and latches the free outer 10 end of the cord to thepackage. A-portion of the cord extends beyond the front end of' cationof relatively slight force will cause it to rupture the end flap 9 alongits weakened line, the relatively fragile stamp being coincidently eut.

Attention is called to the fact that the side edges of the stamp,adhering to .the flaps 8 and 9 and to the jacket, form arelativelysecure binding connection between the Several elements, Which must beremoved or broken to permit displace'ment of the container flaps foropening the end of the package.

Operation of the cord, in an improved package, tends to-displace theflap 9, and tear the stamp from the flaps and jacket.- The longitudinaledgcs of the stamp Will, bowever, ordinarily be retainedin engagementwith the flaps and jacket, and the flap 9 and stamp will be divided bythe'cord.

The user Will then grasp opposite sides of the package, and break thesame on the median line of the jacket, the scoring of the jacketpermitting fracture thereof, and the unattached overlapping edges of thecontainer slidably moving away from each other to permit opening ofthepackage on its median line, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Attention is called to the preferred mounting of the free end of thecordoutside of the jacket, and the provision of perforations in theouter flap 9, whereby the cord is enabled to operate only on the medianline of the stamp, and splits the stamp, thus avoiding tearing of thesame away from the jacket and end flaps. The two half portions'of thepackage are therefore retained in integral condition, hihged on themedian line of the back,

and may"be Separated and brought together in use for securely holdingthe contents until the same is exhasted. v

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cigarette package including a container having separableoverlapping inner and outer end flaps, and a cover pr0vided pvith alongitudinalscore line on themedin line of the ackage, an openercomprising a thread-li e member having one end anchored in the packageadjacent the baseof the outer end flap and extending betWeen said flapsand 'over the cover.

2. In a cigarette package including an inner jacket having overlappinginner and outer upper end flaps, and an outer jacket comprising atubular cover having an open upper end and provided With a weakenedl1ne, an opener comprising a thread-like member having one end anchoredin the package ad- -outer upper end flaps, and anouter jacket comprisinga tubular cover having an open upper end and provided with a weakenedportion, an opener comprising a thread-like member having one endanchored in the package adjacent the base of said outer end flap andextending; between said flaps and over the outer jacket in registry withthe weakened portion thereof. r

4. In a cigarette package including an inner container having an upperflap at one end, a lower flap at said end adapted to underlie the upperflap, and overlapping side flaps, a tubular cover provided with alongitudinal score line overlying the overlapping flaps of the innercontainer, and a separating member mounted on the inner container andextending between said upper and lower fiaps in alignment with saidscore line.

5. In a cigarette package, an inner jacket comprising an integral backand overlapping front edge portions having ends adapted to be foldedover an end of the package to form an upper flap, the back having an endadapted to be folded over the upper flap to form an exterior upper endflap and scored on the median line of the package, an outer jacket comprising an integral sheet having longitudinal edges secured together toform a tube and perforated on the1nedian line of the package, and athread-like opening 1nember having one end anchored to the back of theinner jacket and extending on the median line of the package between theupper flap and the lower flap.

In testimon Where0f we afiix our signaturcs.

ROBERT C. GLEN N.

WILLIAM W. FERGUSON.

